Vapor-buhner



H. CARPENTER.-

Gas Burner.

Pagehted Aug. 4. 1857.

M. vrmzsv Plume-Lithograph Washington. 0. c.

UNITED srarns an 'r OFFIC D. H. CARPENTER, OF VVALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

VAPOR-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,916, dated August 4:, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. H. CARPENTER, of Wallington, New Haven county,Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVaporizing and Burning Volatile Oilssuch as Camphene, Naphtha,&c.Containing Carbon; and I do hereby declare the'following to clearlydescribe and ascertain said improvements, their construction,arrangement, and application, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in the several figures of which the device is shown.

Many attempts have been made to produce an apparatus toburn the highlycarbonaceous oils with a self generating vapor device; but in all ornearly all a wick or other capillary aflix and the discharge orificebeing so located in relation to the heater and flame as to admit ofcondensation, smoke and other annoyance, all of which I have obviated bymy arrangements and improvements as will appear in the description.

My burner is constructed as follows: I connect a reservoir of thematerial to be burned with the burner by a descending pipe of suflicientlength, the reservoir being raised some distance above the burner; butas this is not a new device I will not further illustrate it. At thelower end of the connecting pipe from the reservoir there is aregulating check valve at a. This is for the purpose of regulating orstopping the flow of the burning fluid from the reservoir. From thispoint there is a projecting tube 6 standing out horizontally, or nearlyso, terminated by a solid end, to which a ring (hereafter described) isaifixed. A small pin hole is made in the under side of the pipe I) atthe point a or in a short elbow projecting down therefrom as clearlyillus trated in the figure. From this point there is a tube of U formextending downward and then curving upward so as to bring its outer endup near the level of the pin hole jet at o as above named. This U formtube is for the purpose of receiving the vaporized carbonaceous burningmaterial and mingling with it a sufficient quantity of atmospheric airwhen it passes out at the orifice at d and is there ignited. The orificeat d is flattened so as to form an oblong slit which causes the flame tospread into a fan shape, so as to burn like a bat wing burner for gas.A-little distance above the orifice 03 there is a flattened metallicring of wire e which serves as a heater. It is connected with the end ofthe tube 6 and communicates a high degree of heat to it, the heaterreceiving its caloric from the blaze or flame issuing at (Z. Thus itwill be seen the gas burned is self generated without wick or capillarytube. It has its jet on a level with and opposite the flame at c, bywhich arrangement all condensation that has heretofore been so objectionable and that so continually clogs and stops the action ofprevious apparatus is avoided. To regulate the quantity of air thatcommingles with the vaporized carbon in the U shaped pipe I form holes nin it at near the point 0. These holes can be covered to any necessarydegree to admit the requisite amount of air to the flame.

Any mode of regulating may be employed that is found convenient, one ofwhich is seen at Fig. 2, and consists of a sliding ring T which slidesup or down over a series of holesthrough the pipe. Another mode seen atFig. 1 is to slide the U shaped pipe up or down to cover more or less ofthe air holes. These air holes may be large or small, as suits theconvenience of the regulator.

By making the combination of parts above described in juxtaposition asstated I am enabled to burn a continuous light without danger ofcondensation or stoppage from gumming which can be perfectly andaccurately adjusted, is without danger and en tirely at the command ofthe consumer. The U form of the tube causes a smooth and steady flamenot attainable in a straight tube.

Having thus fully described my improved gas burner for self generatedgas what I claim therein as new and for which I desire to secure LettersPatent is The bent pipe or equivalent mingling reservoir for mixing theatmospheric air and vapor as above specified and bringing the jet 0 on alevel with the igniting orifice d by which means the proper draftcommingling and heat is attained and the combina tion therewith of thecheck valve a which supplies and regulates the quantity of vapornecessary to produce the maximum effect for the purposes designed.

In testimony whereof I have to set my hand.

D. H. CARPENTER.

In the presence of J. C. BURDIcK, ALB. N. FLoox.

